Five to Eleven | Rudolph Walker

Sonnet 144

Poetry or prose readings, read this week by guest presenter Rudolph Walker. Today the readings include Shakespeare's Sonnet 144 and the speech of Friar Lawrence from Romeo and Juliet.

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